Ever thought about how much junk actually gets into our oceans or what you could actually do with it?

Marcus and Joel, two super eco dudes from Southern California, decided to sail across the Pacific Ocean on a junk raft made from plastic bottles and recycled sailboat masts. Marcus’ fiancé Anna (get this, they were engaged in the Gyre on their last journey) stayed on shore to tell everyone about it.

Why would anyone do this?

The two sailors are focused on ‘single-use plastics.’ That is, things we only use once, for thirty seconds or five minutes then throw away (usually in the landfill). According to these adventurers, recycling is a cool thing to do but the only way to get rid of the plastics problem for good is to stop using them! And we take one big step closer to that if everybody knows just how much of a mess this junk is creating in our oceans.

Oops!

As soon as Marcus and Joel set sail from Long Beach headed towards Hawaii, they realized that the winds were not in their favor and the trip through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was gonna take way longer than they thought. Uh oh! What about food? That was gonna be a tough call.

They spent a lot out there fishing for their meals. One day, they caught a fish, and were just about to eat it, but when they cut it open they found its stomach was full of plastic particles. Eeeeewwwww!!!!! From the ocean to our bellies.